Product Name: Chloramphenicol Eye Drop Specification: 0.5%, 10ml Shelf life: 3 years Registration dossiers: Available Indications: (CHLORAMPHENICOL B.P, 0.5% W/V) Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic comprising gram-positive and gram-negative cocci and bacilli, spirochetes (treponema and leptospira), rickettsia, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas and actinomycetes. It easy diffuses in to all the tissues and fluids of the organisms. Formula: chloramphenicol B.P.0.5% w/v Phenylmercuric Nifrate B.P. 0.002% w/v (as preservative) Indications; 1.Bacterial conjunctivitis (due to pneumococci, staphylococci, streptococci, gonococci.Morax bacillus and koch-weeks bacillus etc.). Chloramphenicol does not have any action or the agent responsible for conjunctivitis or viral keratoconjunctivitis, but combats the bacterial over infection, sometimes very pronounced in these cases, and thus distances grave complications. 2. Bacterial keratitis, tn the case of intracorneal abscess or keratitis rosacea one can combine a systemic treatment to the local therapy. Contra-lndlcatlons: The use of Chloramphenicol is contra-indicated in persons having previous history of hypersensitivity to Chloramphenicol ailments which can conceal a hemopathy or which require a prolonged treatment forbidding the use of the drops. Chloramphenicol should not be used in minor infections nor as a prophylactic agent against bacterial infection. Precautions: Intensive, prolonged or intermittent course of treatments are to be avoided. Do not to combine Chloramphenicol neither with sulfonamides nor with any other product susceptible to depressing the bone marrow, Storage instructions: Store below 25ºC. Protect from moisture. Keep out of reach of children.